The idolaters say: "If God had willed we would not have worshipped anything apart from Him, nor would our fathers have done, nor would we have forbidden any thing without His (leave)."
Dengan keras kepala, orang-orang musyrik itu berkata, "Jika Allah berkehendak agar kami menyembah dan menaati segala perintah-Nya, niscaya kami tidak akan menyembah selain Dia. Dan kami tidak akan mengharamkan sesuatu yang tidak diharamkan Allah seperti bahîrah dan sâ'ibah."